A control method for an endoscope reprocessor is a control method for an endoscope reprocessor that includes a treatment tank, a circulation conduit that links a circulation opening and a discharge opening opened in the treatment tank to each other, a first pump that feeds liquid from the circulation opening towards the discharge opening, an atmospheric open conduit including a first end portion open to an atmosphere and a second end portion connected between the circulation opening and the first pump in the circulation conduit, a filter that filtrates a liquid flowing from the treatment tank through the circulation opening into the circulation conduit, and a sensor that detects a liquid feeding state in the circulation conduit, where the liquid feeding state in the circulation conduit is measured by the sensor during operation of the first pump in a state where the inside of the atmospheric open conduit is closed.

A cleaning apparatus management unit manages the utilization status of a first cleaning apparatus that can clean an endoscope that has been manually cleaned in a procedure in which one or more steps are skipped and the utilization status of a second cleaning apparatus that can clean an endoscope that has been manually cleaned by performing all the steps. A reception unit receives step information indicating a completed step during the manual cleaning of the endoscope. When the received step information indicates a predetermined step that comes before a final step, an assignment processing unit determines a cleaning apparatus to be assigned to the endoscope based on the relationship between scheduled completion time of the manual cleaning when the implementation of the one or more steps that come after the predetermined step is skipped and the utilization status of a plurality of cleaning apparatuses managed by the cleaning apparatus management unit.

An endoscope reprocessor includes: a pump; a port; a tube connected to the port; a connector disposed in the tube and connected to a pipe sleeve of a treatment instrument channel, which is a pipe of an endoscope, and configured to allow a fluid to be leaked from a connection region of the connector to the pipe sleeve to an outer circumferential surface of the pipe sleeve; a valve disposed in a flow path; a pressure sensor configured to measure a pressure of the fluid; and a processor configured to repeatedly control the valve such that the valve is closed when the pressure exceeds a first pressure and the valve is opened when the pressure is lower than a second pressure, and determine a feeding state of the fluid based on a time period until an opening/closing number of the valve reaches a predetermined number more than one.

A liquid feeding conduit includes: a tube body of a cleaning tube through which a fluid passes; an endoscope-side connector provided at an end of the tube body, the endoscope-side connector being connected to a conduit cap of an endoscope conduit; a valve element provided in the endoscope-side connector, the valve element being configured to move toward a side of the conduit cap by a supply pressure of the fluid to thereby watertightly connect the endoscope-side connector and the conduit cap; a spring configured to bias the valve element toward an opposite side of the conduit cap; and a buffer unit configured to delay the movement of the valve element toward the side of the conduit cap.

A fluid distributor for use with a reprocessing device for reprocessing a surgical instrument having a plurality of channels, including: a routing body having a plurality of connections corresponding to the channels; and a switching body movably disposed in the routing body, the switching body having an interior supply line connected to a fluid reservoir for selectively providing a fluid to one or more of the connections. The switching body can be configured such that, in a first position of the switching body relative to the routing body, the connections of the routing body are each in fluid communication with the supply line of the switching body and in at least a second position of the switching body relative to the fluid routing body less than all of the connections of the routing body are in fluid communication with the supply line of the switching body.

A method for reconditioning an endoscope in a reconditioning apparatus, the method including: connecting an interior of the endoscope to a leakage tester of the reconditioning apparatus; supplying the interior with a fluid at a predefined pressure; carrying out a reconditioning process using a rinsing liquid; monitoring the pressure in the interior of the endoscope during the reconditioning process; and identifying the endoscope as defective if a profile of the pressure deviates from a predefined pressure profile; wherein the predefined pressure profile is determined according to process parameters of the reconditioning process.

A fluid distributor for a reprocessing device for reprocessing surgical instruments. The fluid distributor including: a first fluid routing body having a first fluid hole, the first hole having a first inlet and a first outlet, and a second fluid routing body that has at least two second fluid holes, each of the at least two second fluid holes having a second inlet and a second outlet; wherein the first fluid routing body and the second fluid routing body are rotatable relative to each other about an axis of rotation such that the first fluid hole communicates fluidically in sequence with each of the at least two second fluid holes.

An endoscope cleansing accessory is described for use with an automatic endoscope reprocessing (AER) apparatus which utilizes the motive force provided by a flowing cleansing fluid already within the AER to actuate an actuator wheel of the endoscope during the cleansing process. The movement or actuation of the actuator wheel during cleansing in turn imparts a back and forth motion to an elevator platform or forceps raiser within the endoscope to loosen tissue and other particles that are then flushed out by the flowing cleansing fluid.

An apparatus and method for reprocessing a medical device includes a decontamination basin, a first flush conduit, a second flush conduit, and a manifold. The first and second flush conduits have respective first and second coupling ports configured to fluidly connect to the medical device positioned within the decontamination basin. The manifold is fluidly connected to the first and second flush conduits and configured to distribute the fluid received therein accordingly. The apparatus also includes a first valve, a second valve, and a primary pump configured to discharge the fluid into the manifold at a predetermined supply flow rate. The first and second valve are positioned respectively in the first and second flush conduits for balancing the respective flow rates discharged therefrom at a first predetermined conduit flow rate and a second predetermined conduit flow rate.

An endoscope reprocessor includes: a holding member to/from which a filtering tool is attachable and detachable; a fluid introduction conduit and a fluid discharge conduit that communicate with the filtering tool in a state in which the filtering tool is attached to the holding member; a moving member configured to, when the filtering tool is attached to the holding member and a weight of the filtering tool is less than a predetermined value, position the filtering tool in a first position and, when the filtering tool is attached to the holding member and the weight of the filtering tool is greater than or equal to the predetermined value, position the filtering tool in a second position that is different from the first position; and a hindering unit configured to, when the filtering tool is positioned in the second position, hinder removal of the filtering tool from the holding member.